 New York State Route 163 | ||||
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 NY 163 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.97 mi[1] (19.26 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   NY 5S /NY 80 inFort Plain | |||
| East end |  NY 10 inCanajoharie | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Montgomery | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 163 (NY 163) is an 11.97-mile-long (19.26 km) east–weststate highway inMontgomery County, New York, in the United States. It runs in the shape of a C from an intersection withNY 5S andNY 80 in the village ofFort Plain to a junction withNY 10 in thetown of Canajoharie. With the exception of its eastern terminus, NY 163 is not signed with directions. Reference markers indicate its terminus in Fort Plain to be its western, although the route heads nearly due southward untilSprout Brook. Approaching that hamlet, it is named Cherry Valley Road, and when NY 163 turns left to head eastward,County Route 82 (CR 82) continues that road name directly toNY 166 which leads toCherry Valley. In Fort Plain, NY 163 follows Kellogg and Douglas streets. NY 163 is a two-lane highway for its entire length. The route was assigned as part of the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York and originally continued north to thevillage of Canajoharie via NY 10.
NY 163 begins at an intersection withNY 5S andNY 80 (Main Street) in the village ofFort Plain, although it is signed as ending at NY 80 south of NY 5S. The route heads southwest along Main Street through Fort Plain,overlapping with NY 80 as it passes multiple commercial businesses near the village center. At Kellogg Street, NY 80 and NY 163 separate, with the former continuing along Main Street and the latter turning southward onto Kellogg Street. After crossing overOtsquago Creek, NY 163 intersects with Clinton Avenue, where the route turns west along the creek. At the junction with Garfield Street, the name changes to Douglass Street, which runs alongside the Otsquago through a residential section of Fort Plain. Just after the junction with Honey Hill Road, the route crosses into the town ofMinden, changing names to Cherry Valley Road.[3]
Through Minden, NY 163 winds southwest as a two-lane rural roadway, crossing a junction with Fisk Hill Road (unsignedCR 64). Continuing southwest, NY 163 crosses into the residentialhamlet of Freysbush, leaving the small community for a junction with Freysbush Road (CR 79). At this junction, NY 163 turns south, passing through Minden past a junction with Marshville Road (CR 86), where it turns southwest. The two-lane rural roadway remains the same for a couple miles, crossing into the hamlet of Hessville and a junction with Indian Trail Road (CR 77). Just south of that junction, NY 163 turns southeast into the town ofCanajoharie.[3]
NY 163 crosses through the town of Canajoharie, entering the hamlet of Sprout Brook. In Sprout Brook, NY 163 reaches a junction withCR 82, where the route drops the Cherry Valley Road moniker. Now running eastward through Sprout Brook, NY 163 begins parallelingCanajoharie Creek, crossing into the hamlet of Buel. Just east of Buel, the route junctions with West Ames Road (CR 88), at which point NY 163 turns northeastward. The highway soon passes a local golf club before ending at an intersection withNY 10 several miles south of thevillage of Canajoharie.[3]
The highways that comprise the C-shaped NY 163 were acquired by the state of New York in the early 20th century. On January 18, 1907, the state let a contract to improve the section east of the hamlet of Sprout Brook to state highway standards. It was added to the state highway system in July 1910 asunsigned State Highway 345 (SH 345). The section between Sprout Brook and Main Street inFort Plain was rebuilt under a project contracted out on July 15, 1915, and accepted into the state highway system on November 15, 1918, as SH 410.[4] In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, hundreds of state-maintained highways were assigned a posted route number for the first time.[5] SH 345 and SH 410 were designated as part of NY 163,[2] whichoverlapped withNY 80 andNY 10 to connect toNY 5S in Fort Plain andCanajoharie, respectively.[6] The overlap with NY 10 was eliminated at some point between 1977 and 1993.[7][8]
The entire route is inMontgomery County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Fort Plain | 0.00 | 0.00 |  NY 5S /NY 80 north (Canal Street / Main Street) | Western terminus; eastern terminus of NY 80overlap | |
| 0.15 | 0.24 |  NY 80 south (Main Street) | Western terminus of NY 80 overlap; signed western terminus | ||
| Town of Canajoharie | 11.97 | 19.26 | NY 10 (Ames Road) –Canajoharie,Sharon Springs | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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